42 The Ancient Greek Civilization 3A | Mount Olympus, Part II
Discussing the Read-Aloud 15 minutes
Comprehension Questions 10 minutes
If students have diffi culty responding to questions, reread pertinent
passages of the read-aloud and/or refer to specifi c images. If
students give one-word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud
or domain vocabulary in their responses, acknowledge correct
responses by expanding the students’ responses using richer
and more complex language. Ask students to answer in complete
sentences by having them restate the question in their responses.- Evaluative Were your predictions about what Zeus’s news for
the gods and goddesses would be correct? Why or why not?
(Answers may vary.) - Literal What is a city-state? (an independent city and the
surrounding area it controlled) - Inferential Did Hermes accomplish his mission? Why or why
not? (Yes; he delivered the message to all of the gods and
goddesses that had been summoned by Zeus.)
Show image 3A-2: Ares explaining battle to Hermes - Literal When Hermes approached his brother Ares, what was
Ares doing? (watching a spectacle, two armies engaged in a
battle) What was Ares the god of? (war) - Evaluative Hermes thought to himself that the best qualities of
people were love, loyalty, and learning—not fi ghting. Do you
agree with Hermes? Why or why not? (Answers may vary.)
Show image 3A-3: Hermes approaching Athena and Demeter - Literal What were Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war,
and Demeter, the goddess of plants and harvest, doing when
Hermes arrived by their side? (walking in a grove of olive
trees) What did Athena ask Demeter to do for the people of
Athens? (to make their olive crop more plentiful, or greater in
number)